Not Altogether Harmonious.
The choir was singing a new arrangement of the beautiful anthem "Consider the lilies" The pure, sweet voice of the soprano rose clearly aud distinctly in the solo : They toi-oi-oil not, They toil not, They toil not, Ny-y-y-ther do they spin. She paused, and tfie tenor took up the strain :
Nee-ee-ec-ther do they spin. They toi-oi-oi-oil not, They toil not, They toil not, Nee-ee-ee-ther do they spin. The tenor ceased, and the basso — a solcmu, red-hairedyoung man, with a somewhat worldlylooking eye and a voice like a foghorn — broke in :
Nay-ay-ay-ay-tlier do they spin. They toil not, They toil not, Nay-ay-ay-ay-ther do they spin. Then the voices of the three were lifted up in semi-chorus : Ny-y-y-ther "j Nee-ee-ec-ther >-do they spin. Nay-ay-ay -ther J They toi-oi-oi-oil not, They toll not, They toil not, Ny-y-y-tlier "j Nee-ee-ee-thcr Vdo they spin. Nay-ay-ay-therJ
" Brethren," said the grey-h-med, oldfashioned pastor, when the choir had finished, we will begin the service of the morning by singing the familUr hymn ' And am I yet alive ? ' " — Chicago Tribune.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2106, 5 July 1894, Page 50
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174Not Altogether Harmonious. Otago Witness, Issue 2106, 5 July 1894, Page 50
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